Guide to Sustainable Corporate Responsibility

Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen is a Professor at BI Norwegian Business School and Co-Director of the BI Centre for Sustainability and Energy with extensive international corporate- and organizational experience in the areas of sustainability and corporate responsibility. Sitting on various committees and boards, she has influenced the development of laws and regulations in the field.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Sustainable Corporate Responsibility.- 3. Economic theories and sustainable development.- 4. Key tools – for social and environmental performance, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).- 5. The business case for sustainability.- 6. Circular economy – new business models.- 7. Strategy to approach sustainability in corporations – a Step by Step model.- 8. Stakeholder management.- 9. Sustainability and Finance – Environment, Social and Governance (ESG).- 10. Anti-corruption.- 11. Sustainability in developing countries – case South-Sahara Africa.- 12. The way forward – is sustainable development realistic?.